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Literary Portraits in the Novels of Henry Fielding

By: Shesgreen, Sean

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: DeKalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Press: 1972

Seller ID: 007986

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original grey cloth on boards. DJ not price-clipped. Background, Jonathan Wild, Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, Amelia, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index. At time of publication, the author was Assistant Professor of English at Northern Illinois University. ISBN 0-87580-029-7. 206 pp.
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Pied Piper

By: Shute, Nevil

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1964

Seller ID: 001743

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original red and white patterned cloth on boards. Small mark beside cover title (See photo). Previous owner's name. Front endpapers upside-down. Minor shelf tear at foot of spine. Murray Irwin of Moira Secondary School, Belleville, Ontario, prepared the study material. 250 pp.
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The Commonweal Reader

By: Skillin, Edward S. (Ed.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Harper and Brothers Publishers: 1949

Seller ID: 003533

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Introduction by Anne Fremantle. 40 Articles reprinted from several issues of The Commonweal Magazine from 1927 to 1949. 310 pp. Unmarked and undamaged.
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The Comments of Bagshot

By: Spender, J.A. (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Archibald Constable: 1908

Seller ID: 000920

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original bright green cloth with gilt lettering in box, no DJ. 143 pp.
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A Londoner's Calendar

By: Stager, The Old

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall, Ltd.: 1925

Seller ID: 009562

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Brown paper boards backed in grey cloth. A calendar of pithy thoughts gleaned from experience and guided by the influence of others, from great literature and elsewhere. Unnamed author admits to four wasted years at Oxford as well as a similar number in the trenches of WW I. No writing. Two strained gutters glued for safety. 309 pp.
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The Pearl

By: Steinbeck, John

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Co. Of Canada: 1958

Seller ID: 013260

ISBN: 0-7705-0689-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Blue and white paper boards. Doodling/writing inside front and back covers. With Notes, Questions, and Annotations. 138 pp.
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The Red Pony

By: Steinbeck, John

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1963

Seller ID: 013401

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original red cloth with white designs and black lettering. Some corner wear. Stamps from two Moncton schools inside front cover, along with one student's name. 128 pp. including Study Material.
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St. Ives

By: Stevenson, Robert L.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Dent: 1933

Seller ID: 001295

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original tan cloth with blind-stamped portrait on boards, no DJ. 328 pp. "A witty, womanizing veteran of Napoleon's wars", whose escapades stretch the imagination while touching the funny bone. Cocked, a few scribbles. 328 pp.
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Prince Otto; A Romance

By: Stevenson, Robert Louis

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd.:

Seller ID: 003655

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good

Original red leather with gilt monogram and gilt spine lettering and decoration. Covers show swelling and staining from moisture, not affecting interior. Described by Andrew Lang as a "philosophical-humouristical-psychological fantasy", set in the imaginary state of Grunewald. It was written in 1885, his second full-length narrative. 230 pp.
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St. Ives; Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England

By: Stevenson, Robert Louis

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Charles Scribner's Sons: 1906

Seller ID: 007690

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original green cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. Front hinge cracked. 438 pp.
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David Balfour; Being Memoirs of His Adventures At Home And Abroad

By: Stevenson, Robert Louis

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1893

Seller ID: 009357

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original tan cloth decorated in red and silver on boards. Previous owner's bookplate. First free endpaper removed. Front hinge cracked. 406 pp. plus catalog.
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Kidnapped; Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751

By: Stevenson, Robert Louis

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Company:

Seller ID: 009581

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth on boards with pastedown female portrait. Possibly the best known of the author's works. Previous owner's name, but no other writing or damage. Orphan, David, sets off to deliver a letter to his uncle, who is paranoid and anti-social. David discovers that his father was older than his uncle, which allows for David to receive an inheritance. Uncle Ebenezer arranges with a ship's captain to kidnap David and sell him into slavery. David escapes, but becomes entangled in political battles and serious illness. Eventually, he is able to return home and claim his inheritance. Caref...
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Dracula

By: Stoker, Bram

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday and Company, Inc.:

Seller ID: 013346

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Plus

Original black cloth over boards with red lettering on spine. Red and black graphic design on white dustjacket. Dustjacket is age-darkened, and somewhat worn at the top and bottom of spine. Small 1/8" piece of jacket missing at bottom of spine. Pages tanned. No marks or other damage. Undated, but early 20th century printing. 354 pp. including Note.
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., With Copious Notes and Additions, and A Memoir of the Author By Thomas Roscoe, Vol. VI Only

By: Swift, Jonathan (D.D.)

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: New York, P. O'Shea: 1865

Seller ID: 003203

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good Minus

Original dark green textured cloth over boards. Ex-library with none of the usual markings except a small red ink stamp on bottom of text block reading "SJRL-WD" (Saint John Regional Library - Withdrawn). One-inch break between front cover and top of hinge. Previous owner's name and purchase details on front free endpaper. Two small water stains on edge of textblock not affecting text. Sir Walter Scott wrote a tribute to Swift on the title page: "No author in the British language has enjoyed the extensive popularity of the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick's. The vivid and origi...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon Talfourd; Bound with Critical and Miscellaneous Essays of James Stephen in One Volume(In One volume)

By: Talfourd, T. Noon

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., D. Appleton and Co.: 1869

Seller ID: 002405

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark green cloth with bright spine lettering on boards. Scarce volume of Victorian reviews and essays. Previous owners' names and one leaf-pressing stain, otherwise fine. Talfourd, 176 pp. Stephen, 158 pp.
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Masterpieces

By: Thackeray, W. M.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, The Rodgers Company:

Seller ID: 003634

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Original brown leather corner tips and backing on marbled boards. Approx. half of backstrip missing, with Scotch tape on balance.. 19 chapters, beginning with Shows How the Royal Family Sat Down to Breakfast, and ending with Ballads. Previous owner's name. Patterned endpapers. 253 pp.
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The Newcomes

By: Thackeray, W. M.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Henry Frowde, Oxford U. Press:

Seller ID: 007038

Binding: Full Leather on Flexible Board

Condition: Good

Original red leather on flexible boards. Leather separated from boards on both covers, so I glued them. Interior clean and sound. 1014 pp.
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Men's Wives/The Book of Snobs

By: Thackeray, William Makepeace

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., D. Appleton and Co.: 1870

Seller ID: 002275

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original royal blue blind-stamped cloth on boards. Both titles and author in gilt on spine only. A rare issue, with no others found. Men's Wives (274 pp.) is dated 1868, while The Book of Snobs (278 pp.) is dated 1870. Generally grubby and a little dampstained, but not marked except with previous owner's small, stylish name stamp, "Solomon Davis". The Book of Snobs is complete, containing the "political" chapters which were sometimes omitted. Several pages of ads complete the volume.
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Day-Dreams of a Schoolmaster

By: Thompson, D'Arcy W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.: 1912

Seller ID: 004518

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original maroon cloth with gold decoration and titles on boards. An arresting revision of the original volume. The present author has omitted Chapters XII to XV on the ground that they are "pedagogical", and thus (apparently) of little interest to most prospective readers. His own first impression, however, was that "I was on the border of a delectable country." Inscription. 254 pp.
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The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)

By: Tolkien, J.R.R.

Price: $250.00 USD

Publisher: London, Folio Society: 1977

Seller ID: 013060

Condition: As New

Light emerald green decorative boards with gilt lettering, and different circular insets on each cover of this attractive 3-volume set. Books appear unread - would make a lovely gift. Map endpapers. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Only fault of maroon slipcase is residue from a small sticker. These books are heavy, and will require extra postage. They are on consignment, so discounts do not apply. Fellowship of the Ring - 459 pp. The Two Towers - 372 pp. The Return of the King - 487 pp.
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Category: Literature